Men's Swimming & Diving

Stags Notch Victory Over Sagehens In Top-Ten Showdown

Dec 01, 2017

CLAREMONT, Calif. – This weekend the No. 9 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and No. 10 Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens squared off in a two-day meet in Haldeman Pool. The Stags trailed 56-53 after Friday's events, but a strong Saturday for CMS saw the Stags win eight events and set four pool records to defeat the Sagehens 191-161 in the top-ten dual.

In the second event of the day, Ben Culberson (CMC) came from behind on his final lap to claim the 500 Free. Culberson finished the race with a time of 4:37.86, including a 26.69 in his final 50 to finish just .03 ahead of Pomona-Pitzer's Will Abele.

Willett dominated the 200 IM taking first-place with a time of 1:51.78. Willet won the event by almost two seconds and set the pool record in Haldeman Pool. His time topped the previous pool record by exactly a second and gave Willet an NCAA 'B' Cut.

The Stags flexed their muscle on Saturday morning by winning eight of the 13 events contested in Haldeman Pool. In the process of defeating the Sagehens, CMS claimed four pool records and earned a pair of NCAA B cuts on Saturday.

Sam Willett earned the first of the B cuts by getting to the wall in 1:49.01 in the 200 Back. That mark also set a new pool record at Haldeman Pool. Willett was just ahead of teammate Dave Makhervaks, who touched in second-place in a time of 1:52.04.

In the 100 Back, Willett and Makhervaks flipped places. Makhervaks won the event and was just .02 seconds off of a B cut of his own. He won the event in a time of 50.29 with Willett registering a time of 50.51 to take second-place.

Henry Limm set a pool record in the 200 Breast with a time of 2:03.23. His time broke the pool record, which was previously held at 2:05.59, by over two seconds. He won the event and his time registered as an NCAA B cut.

For the second day in a row, Kendall Hollimon claimed a victory for the Stags in a diving competition. On Saturday, Hollimon won the one-meter event by setting a pool record with 268.20 points.

Aaron Lutzker along with his pals Limm and Sean Hoerger (HMC) dominated the 400 IM. The trio took the top three spots with Lutzker setting a pool record with a time of 4:03.19.